Corinth Object: C 1998 18
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1998 18
Title:   LATE ROMAN LEKYTHOS
Category Code:   C
Year:   1998
Object Number:   18
Description:   Base with slightly concave undersurface, wide stem, widening to globular body, narrow concave neck, slightly flaring rim with straight profile and thickened round lip, single vertical oval handle with slight spine; for a close parallel, cf. C-33-1492, for a less close parallel, cf. C-67-123, C-66-188
Decoration:   Two incised circumference grooves on rim, probable red slip on upper two thirds of body to interior of rim.
Material:   Fine light brown heavily micacous clay with numerous voids.
Munsell Color:   Slightly yellower than 5YR 6/6
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact but surface is spalling.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.127 D00.038 (rim) D00.089 (body) D00.051 (bottom)
Weight Description:   0.2
Weight:   0.2
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Second half of sixth century or later
Area:   Panaghia south
Context:   NB908 B59 P76
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia south
Image: bw 1998 030 13
Basket: NB908 B59 P76
Notebook Page: NB 908, spread 43 (pp. 76 - 77)